Essay name: Marma-sastra and Ayurveda (study)
Author:
C. Suresh Kumar
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Ayurveda
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Susrutha says that, one could be called visharada only after he attains thorough theoretical and practical knowledge of the human body." The knowledge of marma is the existing clear evidence of the vast knowledge on Anatomy acquired by ancient scholars of Indian Medicine. Etymology Etymologically it is said that, each letter of the word Marma has got a significant meaning. Ma means Prana or Vayu, The Repha indicates house or seat. Hence the word Marma means Seat of Vayu or Prana.陋 Vaghbata expresses the same idea. 5 The term Marma is derived from the
6 Sanskrit term Mring marane or Mru prana tyage. That
which causes death or death like similar miseries.
7 According to Dalhana the commentator of Susrutha
8 Samhitha, marma is that which kills. The Astanga
Sangraha, Vahata describes the marma鲁 as that
particular part of the body that which is fatally
vulnerable to injury.
Charaka says that the intensity of pain
will be more on marmasthana when compared to the
other parts of the body. This is because the chetana or
prana is situated here. 鹿0
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